This week I decided to take a crack at what I think are the 10 most misunderstood – or at least misinterpreted – songs ever. Now, this is coming from someone who believes once a song – like a poem, ...

These collections by Juliana Spahr, Mai Der Vang, Hasib Hourani and Martín Espada invite us to rethink the relentless accumulation of history.

Bahr undertook a complete re-examination of the tome, complete with spectroscopic analysis and mathematical investigation, to ...

We were looking for poetry that had struck its readers, for whatever reasons, as unforgettable, enduring, and influential: ...

T oday The Atlantic launches “The Best American Poetry of the 21st Century (So Far),” a new editorial project that brings ...

The arts are often written off as worthless, or certainly not worth the federal funding that they receive. But young poets ...

It’s impossible for me to talk about writing without talking about living, writes Maggie Smith, author of the new book, "Dear ...

Studio Route 29 is hosting a fundraiser on Sunday, April 27, that will take visitors on a tour through iconic organizations ...

For many readers, “The Land Between the Rivers” will be an introduction to Todd Nelson and his lovingly crafted observational ...

A Miami poet discusses her Zip Ode poem about buying her own stolen bike, and how she views this as a quintessential Miami ...

Hope is text messages with your kid, when they’re telling you real things line by line. Hope is the click of a seatbelt when you pull into the frenzy of the world. Hope is the three solid blue lights ...

Memory deceives. Perception distorts. For Elisa Gabbert ’02, the ubiquitous condition of our times is ‘unreality’ — modern ...